September 2025

Alumni Feature
Lee Schneider CAES'70, GSNB'72, GSE'88: Firmly Rooted in Rutgers

New Face on Campus

First-year student plans on a career in forensics–drawn to its blend of science and ethics–as a way to help serve as a voice of justice for the deceased. Read more.

Student Success

RU-VETLEAP Program

SEBS students on the preveterinary medicine and research track gain valuable international education and experience in the USDA NIFA-funded program. Read more.

Prof. Carl Pray Honored by National Association

Establishment of the Dr. Carl Pray Appreciation Club by the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association celebrates his legacy and recognizes his pathbreaking contributions to the study of agricultural science and technology policy in an almost 40-year career at Rutgers. Read more.

Early-Career Faculty Forge Connections at Retreat

Coordinated by the SEBS Office of Research and hosted at Rutgers Gardens, the SEBS early-career faculty retreat brought together more than 50 SEBS researchers and faculty in an effort to build stronger, cross-departmental research and impact community at the school and the university. Read more.

Largest Societal Impact Community Organization Launches Fellowship

The ARIS Research Fellowship program, a bold initiative aimed at institutionalizing pathways for faculty and staff to advance research impact within their respective institutions, welcomed its inaugural cohort at Rutgers this summer. Read more.

Invasive Tick Research Aims to Protect Livestock

Rutgers Center for Vector Biology researchers unveil two recent studies on the invasive Asian longhorned tick using genetic data to help trace their potential routes of introduction into the U.S. and identify potential vaccine targets within the tick to protect vulnerable livestock populations. Read more.

Flying High to Research
Drought-Resistant Grass

Bingru Huang, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Plant Biology, co-authored a new study that used drones and advanced imaging technology to find out which types of zoysiagrass–a popular choice for lawns–do best when water is scarce. Read more.

SEBS Faculty Among Lead Authors for UN Report

Pamela McElwee, professor in the Department of Human Ecology, is among three Rutgers scientists named by a United Nations-affiliated science panel as lead authors on a report that will serve as the next worldwide assessment of climate change. Read More

Call For Urgent, Coordinated Global Action To Safeguard Microbial Heritage

Can Fish and Whale Research Fight Climate Change?

Be it Feast or Famine, Orangutans Adapt With Flexible Diet

New Way to Keep the Power On: Smarter Use of Local Energy


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